USN-3173-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3173-1

17th January, 2017

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software description

• nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
  - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
  
  











• nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
  - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
  
  

Details

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the
kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: